Spätzle with bacon and grated cheese. An exquisite recipe!

Haven’t you tried spätzle with bacon and grated cheese yet? This is the easiest recipe you will find. Enjoy it!

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Spätzle with bacon and grated cheese. An exquisite recipe!

Ingredients

Preparation of ingredients

Sauté the bacon

Boil the spätzle

Gratin

Result

When we talk about German cuisine, the first dishes that come to mind are bratwurst, pretzels, or baked pork knuckle. That is not surprising! After all, those are the most famous German dishes outside the country and possibly the easiest to find. Although if you travel around the country, you will discover many others that are delicious and not as well known as the previous ones. Specifically, when we visited Berlin, we tried spätzle, and since then, we have been in love with this type of pasta.

But… what are spätzle? It is a kind of pasta popular in the southern part of Germany and Austria that is usually served as an accompaniment to meats or as a main dish. Its ingredients are simple: flour, egg, salt, and water. Whatsmore, it is similar to any other type of pasta and can be found in different shapes. In addition, they are part of an infinite number of recipes, for example, this spätzle with bacon and grated cheese.

So, now you know what they are and how to prepare them? Do you dare with this dish of spätzle with bacon and grilled cheese? 

Ingredients for cooking spätzle with bacon and grated cheese for 2 persons

  • 500 grams of spätzle
  • 1 onion
  • 200 grams of bacon
  • Emmental cheese
  • Black pepper
  • Butter

Preparing the ingredients for spätzle with bacon and grated cheese

    • Cut the bacon into cubes.
spätzle con bacon y queso gratinado, paso 1
    • Then, julienne the onion.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 2

Cooking the bacon

    • Melt a large tablespoon of butter in a frying pan over medium heat.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 3
    • Sauté the bacon and the onion over medium heat until the former has colored and the latter has softened.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 4

Boiling the spätzle

    • Boil the spätzle gently for a few minutes. You will notice the pasta is ready because it will start to float, so don’t neglect them because it only needs very little time in the water!
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 5
    • Once the pasta is ready, strain it and add a tablespoon of butter to prevent it from sticking.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 6
    • Then, add the onion and the bacon. Season it to taste with salt and pepper and mix all the ingredients together.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 7

Grating the cheese

    • Serve the spätzle with bacon in a baking dish and cover it with Emmental cheese.
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 8
    • Bake it in the oven at maximum until the cheese is grated, and that’s it!
spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 9

Result: A delicious dish of spätzle with bacon and grated cheese.

spätzle with bacon and grated cheese, step 1

As you can see, the elaboration of these spätzle with bacon and grated cheese is simple and quick. In fact, you don’t need a lot of cooking knowledge to prepare it at home! Once you take it out of the oven, you can garnish the dish with chives or parsley to give it a touch of color.

In my opinion, the best thing about this kind of pasta is its versatility. In other words, it is very adaptable to different recipes. But it works perfectly by experimenting with the existing ones. For example, why don’t you try to add a little cream, mushrooms, nutmeg, and garlic to this recipe? Or even changing the bacon for ham? The result will be exquisite too!

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Do you like pasta dishes but don’t like to innovate? Here we have recipes for all tastes! Check out my recipes for spaghetti alla cabonara, tagliatelle al ragù or vegetable cannelloni. Enjoy!

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